Spondianthus
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| Subtribe: | Spondianthinae
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| Genus: | Spondianthus |
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| Spondianthus preussii | |
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Spondianthus is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the subtribe Spondianthinae. It was first described as a genus in 1905.[2][3] The genus contains only one recognized species, Spondianthus preussii, widespread across much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique.[1]
- subspecies[1]
- Spondianthus preussii subsp. glaber (Engl.) J.Léonard & Nkounkou – from Nigeria to Tanzania south to Angola; also Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Spondianthus preussii subsp. preussii – from Liberia to Zaire
- formerly included[1]
moved to: Protomegabaria
- Spondianthus obovatus Engl. – Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch.
References
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1905. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 36: 215-216 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos, Spondianthus Engl.